The court refused to give the Dutch assets of Gazprom to the Ukrainian company

The District Court of The Hague refused to recover the Dutch assets of Gazprom so that the Ukrainian company could receive compensation for the cost of grain lost in the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions.

"An enterprise from Odessa tried to get compensation for the cost of grain lost after Russia occupied the territories of the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions of Ukraine. At the request of "Reaper", the economic court of the Zaporozhye region recognized Gazprom as an alter ego ("second self") Russia, but the Ukrainian company failed in The Hague court: the court decided that in this case Gazprom would be subject to state immunity," Vedomosti writes with reference to the case materials.

According to the newspaper, "Reaper" rented 18 elevators in two areas for storing grain crops, but was forced to leave them along with the stocks in the spring of 2022. In February 2023, the Zaporozhye region court ordered Russia to cover the damage of 3.8 billion hryvnia ($ 91 million).

Next, in 2024, Reaper filed a lawsuit against Gazprom in a Dutch court.

According to Vedomosti, Gazprom International asked to reject the application of the Ukrainian company, since in the case of equating the company with the state, what did the court do to Ukraine, it receives state immunity.

The court decided that it was incompetent to consider the case, stopped the proceedings and ordered Stubble to pay Gazprom International's legal costs in 1566 euros.

Last year Gazprom put up for sale its Dutch assets — 50% of Wintershall Noordzee and 100% of Gazprom International UK and Gazprom UK. The initial bidding price was 344 million euros.

The companies are involved in the development of three operating North Sea VINZ deposits (100%), Sillimanite (66.7%) and Wingate (84.5%). Wintershall Noordzee is a joint venture with Wintershall Dea, with which Gazprom exchanged assets in Russia. Briefcase The joint venture consists of 36 fields under 33 licenses in the Netherlands, Great Britain and Denmark.

However, in September, as reported by Interfax, the Dutch court imposed a security arrest on the shares of the companies because of the claim of the Ukrainian company. Different, though.

Sergey Glandin, partner of BGP Litigation, wrote that the stop was connected with the actions of the Ukrainian company Slavutich-Invest. She owned land plots in Melitopol.

"In May 2023, the Economic Court of the Zaporozhye region of Ukraine, where the company applied, ordered the Russian Federation to pay Slavutich compensation of $ 15 million. In May 2024, Slavutich filed a lawsuit with the same court against PJSC "Gazprom", LLC "Gazprom Capital" and MKOO "Gazprom International Limited", in which he asked at the expense of their assets to execute the previous court decision, and then — a lawsuit in The District Court of The Hague," Interfax reported.